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' Patnt ed July 4, was, A. H. ALGER.

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(Application filed Oct. 6, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. ALGER, CF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR TO FRANK T. KENAH,OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,379, dated July 4,1899.

Application filed October 6, 1897. Serial No. 654,304. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. ALGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes, and is designed to reinforce andstrengthen the ordinary paper boxes used for shoes and many otherarticles of manufacture. As is well known, these boxes are used in greatnumbers and are necessarily cheaply made, being generally composed ofpasteboard, with a covering strip or strips passed around the sides andends to hold the pasteboard in place, and the result is that very lightpressure will cause the corners to split and make the further use of thebox undesirable.

It is the object of my invention to reinforce this class of boxes by theuse of a binding-string passed around the box, so as to hold the sidesand ends together and offer resistance to the easy rupture of thecorner.

In Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings I show the invention as appliedto a box and a cover; and in Fig. 2 I show a section through part of thebox, showing the application of the cord thereto.

While I have shown the invention in the form of a single cord around theupper end of a box of a certain form, it will be understood that I donot limit myself to any particularform of box, and it will also beunderstood that instead of having the cord at the top of the box only asecond cord may be used at the center if the box should be used for apurpose requiring additional strength.

I prefer to apply the string or cordat the same time that the box iscovered, as this cheapens the cost of application and in a very simplemanner enables the operator to place the cord under the covering, thusretaining it in place and concealing it.

The figures show the cord at aand the cov- 5 ering at b, the pasteboardsides being shown at c and the ends at d. The cord is applied to thecover of the box in the same manner.

What I claim is- 1. A pasteboard box comprising the box and the papercovering therefor with a reinforcing-cord extending entirely around thebox and held between the said box and the paper covering which is pastedthereto, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the pasteboard box having a covering-paper pastedthereon with strengthening-cord concealed between said covering-paperand the pasteboard sides of the box and extending entirely around thebox and a box-cover adapted to fit over the concealed cord,substantially as described.

3. In combination with the box having a paper covering pasted theretowith the cord concealed between said paper covering and the box andextending entirely around the box and a box-cover having a papercovering with a cord extending around the same and between the papercovering and the sides of the cover, the said cover fitting over theconcealed strengthening-cord of the box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR H. ALGER. Witnesses:

O. H. WELoH, JOHN F. SCHERBER.

